NEWMAN, MABEL JONES (MRS. EVERETT): 1893-1961.

Mabel Jones
was born in Mount Carmel,
Ill., on Aug. 23, 1893. Her mother died when she was eight years
old. She was placed in a foster home in Oakland
City, Ind.,
where she graduated from high school in 1911. Her first and
second husbands were O. C. Blough and Everett
Newman respectively and she had three daughters. Mrs.
Newman was city librarian and clerk-treasurer in
Oakland City
. She worked for the local telephone company for twenty years, beginning as
a telephone operator and becoming office manager. Her verse was published in magazines,
newspapers, and anthologies. Mrs. Newman died on Dec. 11, 1961.